1. 1 · 1913
  2. 2 · 1945
  3. 3 · 1975
  4. 4 · 2001
  5. 5 · 2013
  6. 6 · 2020

2013 to 2019

The disclosures

The Snowden documents, the Senate torture report, Flint, Ferguson, and the 2018 bank rollback.

Key facts

  1. On June 5, 2013 the Guardian published a secret court order for every Verizon call record.
  2. The Senate found the CIA's interrogations brutal and ineffective, and the CIA admitted searching the committee's computers.
  3. The Justice Department found Ferguson's policing was driven by revenue.

Timeline

3 events in Congress, Elections & Speech, oldest first

  1. 2013April 15, 2013Congress, Elections & Speech

    STOCK Act's online database repealed by unanimous consent

    No debate in either chamber.

    Source: STOCK ActRead the full story →
  2. 2019March 15, 2019Congress, Elections & Speech

    First veto of a resolution ending a national emergency

    The border emergency; the second veto October 15, 2019.

    Source: Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval Legislation To Terminate the National Emergency at the Southern BorderRead the full story →
  3. June 27, 2019Congress, Elections & Speech

    Rucho: partisan gerrymandering beyond the reach of the federal courts

    5 to 4.

    Source: Rucho v. Common Cause, 588 U.S. 684Read the full story →
The disclosures (2013 to 2019) | Spirit of '76